Reasons why SELECT * is bad for SQL performance: An old blog (with Oracle-specific examples) with a whole range of reasons why. It's not only about network traffic and SQL plan execution, but client side processing and memory usage as well. tanelpoder.com/posts/reason...
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Yeah, I ended up getting deeper into the rabbit-hole myself (regarding cursor mem usage, etc) when writing that blog post!
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